Christensen was quite solid yesterday against PAOK but he was missing precisely that attribute Sarri seems to rate so highly in David Luiz – his forward passes were nearly nonexistent. He has to improve in that aspect or else Ampadu might actually go past him in the pecking order
Busy season is here....I'm a little pissed about the team selection in yesterdays game even though the performance was excellent. Pedro, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante and Azpilicueta should not have played.
Luckily we have a good squad depth so let's hope Sarri actually starts utilizing it properly
Fantastic player.
Honestly, I recommend everyone to watch this Ajax team. De Ligt, de Jong, Ziyech, Tagliafico, Neres, van de Beek....the amount of talent is crazy. The club is going to make 300 million euros by selling all of them eventually.
Woow Sarri saying that he'll only make 4-5 changes to the team that played last weekend....sooo that basically means he'll choose the same team that was the starting lineup during the pre-season
Let's assume he makes 5 changes. This is what the XI could look like?
Hudson/Willian(1st change)-Morata(2nd)-Pedro
Barkley(3rd)-Jorginho-Kante
Alonso-Christensen(4th)-Rudiger-Zappacosta(5th)
Kepa
Who's going to play LB? Surely not Alonso?
My thoughts on the XI:
Attack should be Hudson-Morata-Willian....I doubt there are any objections to this.
In midfield Jorginho and Kante should not be starting so it's interesting to see how we'll line-up. Barkley-Ampadu-Fabregas would be my pick. Or Barkley-Fabregas-Loftus but this option seems very very weak defensively. Even against a team like PAOK.
Defence without Emerson in squad will be complicated. Will we see Rudiger as LB? Or will Alonso play again? I guess Alonso-Christensen-Rudiger-Zappacosta is the only one that makes sense given the players. Or Ampadu next to Christensen if Sarri doesn't see him as a holding midfielder.
Bulka should start in goal but I wouldn't mind Kepa either considering how many changes there will be to the defensive line.
If Sarri and Hazard stay here for three more seasons he might just be able to reach Lampard. That means he would have to score 30 goals this season and 30 goals for the three seasons that follow. Unlikely? Yes. Impossible? Nope. Let's remember that he's only reaching his prime right about now and should be able to play at this level for another 3-4 years
I assume he doesn't want to change his primary defensive lineup at the moment and probably wont do so for some time. We might have to wait until November/December before he's dropped from the main PL lineup...
Giroud has been so so so good and Hazard obviously is a freaking monster. Eden has really improved his output lately both for club and for his country, we might finally see 30+ goal season from him